Spring Exhibitions

Brian Ulrich Copiaâ€”Retail, Thrift, and Dark Stores,
2001â€“2011January 22 - May 18. This insightful, decade-long, three-phase investigation of the American consumer
psyche traces a route from exuberant excess to the bleak architectural
landscapes of closed malls and empty parking lots.

Between Critique and Absorption Contemporary Art and Consumer
CultureJanuary 22 - May 18. The six contemporary artists included in this exhibitionâ€”Kota Ezawa, Gabriel
Kuri, Josephine Meckseper, Kaz Oshiro, Dan Peterman, and Shinique Smithâ€”employ a
range of visual and conceptual strategies to interrogate consumerism.

The Print Room An Exhibition by the Chipstone FoundationJanuary 22 -
May 18. The Print Room is an immersive exhibition that explores
transfer-printed ceramics and their role in print culture.

Aesthetic Afterlife An Exhibition by the Chipstone FoundationJanuary
22 - May 18. We will die, civilization will crumble, life as we know it will cease to
exist, but trash will endure, and there it was on the street, our ceaselessly
erected, ceaselessly broken cenotaphs to ephemera and disconnection and
unquenchable want.1

The quote
above is unmistakably dire and pessimistic, and it hints at a dystopian future
for the world. Our obsessive materialism today occurs without consideration of
what happens to things when we no longer need or want them. In this
installation, six Wisconsin artists address the myriad problems raised by our
â€śthrow-away culture,â€ť but they do so somewhat optimistically, using old objects
to create beautiful works of art.

Poll

A Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission panel upheld the firing of former Milwaukee Police officer Christopher Manney for violating department rules last April when he encountered Dontre Hamilton before fatally shooting him. Do you agree with the commission’s decision?